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>> reporter: i think in part what he wants to do is prevent the republican house speaker john boehner from setting the agenda, establishing the ground rules when it comes to negotiations over the fiscal cliff. this mix of spending cuts and tax increases that's going to kick in at the end the year. so after returning to the white house victorious you'll hear the president argue today as he did so many times on the campaign trail that household income over $250,000 a year should revert to those higher clinton era tax rates. white house aides say his victory tuesday night is a sign that the american people feel the same way so they have no intention of backing down on that issue no matter how many republicans disagree. beyond that the white house hasn't said how they plan to handle negotiations over the fiscal cliff. they have been regrouping, the president held some meetings with top aides yesterday about it and democrats on capitol hill tell me they are just waiting to hear how the white house wants to move for. there's nothing they can do until they hear from this white house. gayle a
>> reporter: i think in part what he wants to do is prevent the republican house speaker john boehner from setting the agenda, establishing the ground rules when it comes to negotiations over the fiscal cliff. this mix of spending cuts and tax increases that's going to kick in at the end the year. so after returning to the white house victorious you'll hear the president argue today as he did so many times on the campaign trail that household income over $250,000 a year should revert to...
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>> reporter: i think he is trying to keep speaker john boehner from setting the ground rules when it comes to negotiations over the fiscal cliff, mix of spending cuts and tax increases that will kick in at the end of the year. after returning to the white house victorious you'll hear the president argue today, as he did so many times on the campaign trail that household income over $250,000 a year should revert to those higher clinton era tax rates. white house aides say his victory is a sign that the american people feel the same way. they have no plans of backing down. they have not said how they plan to handle negotiations on the fiscal cliff. they've really just been regrouping. he met with top aides about it yesterday. capitol hill is telling me that they're waiting to hear how the white house wants to move forward. there's really nothing they can do until they hear from the white house. we got a stark reminder of how high the stakes are. the nonpartisan congressional budget office released a report saying of all those spending cuts and tax increases associated with the fiscal c
>> reporter: i think he is trying to keep speaker john boehner from setting the ground rules when it comes to negotiations over the fiscal cliff, mix of spending cuts and tax increases that will kick in at the end of the year. after returning to the white house victorious you'll hear the president argue today, as he did so many times on the campaign trail that household income over $250,000 a year should revert to those higher clinton era tax rates. white house aides say his victory is a...
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house speaker john boehner said he's willing to deal too but want the funds to come from closing tax loopholes not raising tax rates. >> everyone wants to get our economy moving again. everyone wants to get more americans back to work again. raising tax rates will slow down our ability to create the jobs that everyone says they want. >> reporter: the president says he's not whetted to every detail of the plan but two days after his election he says americans agree with his approach. now he has to convince republicans he has that mandate. >>> so just how much of a threat is the fiscal cliff and what are the chances of an agreement to avoid a potentially dire consequence? steve rattner is a leader of the nonpartisan group campaign to fix the debt. he oversaw the auto industry bailout for the obama administration. steven, welcome. the stakes here are quite high for the average american family 90% of the country is going see a tax hike. you might see them if you're in an average income household go up $2 $3,000. what are the chances in your view that a deal actually gets done on this? >>
house speaker john boehner said he's willing to deal too but want the funds to come from closing tax loopholes not raising tax rates. >> everyone wants to get our economy moving again. everyone wants to get more americans back to work again. raising tax rates will slow down our ability to create the jobs that everyone says they want. >> reporter: the president says he's not whetted to every detail of the plan but two days after his election he says americans agree with his approach....